fredmiranda.com

Moderated by: Fred Miranda

New fredmiranda.com Mobile Site

New Feature: SMS Notification alert

New Feature: Buy & Sell Watchlist

FM Forums | Sony Forum | Join Upload & Sell

1 2 3 … 16

18 … 83 84 end

Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

DannyBurkPhoto
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #1 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Fred Miranda wrote:
Yes! I've never seen this on any Loxia 35/2 the same issue has happened on previous copies of my Loxia 21 and 50. Both times, Zeiss replaced them for brand new copies. It seems to happen frequently with Loxia lenses (there was a dedicated thread on this subject here).
Basically the aperture ring reports the wrong info to the camera and in consequence we see an annoying changes in exposure as you move it to f/2.2 and becomes f/22 as an example.

I've haven't seen it at all on my 21, 50, or 85, but it was very apparent on two 35s !

I forgot to say about the aperture error. While the white flashes occured, it would also flicker from one aperture reading to another. At f/11, it would stick to f/22 entirely. Strange that Zeiss reported never having seen it before...

Sep 04, 2017 at 08:34 PM

Fred Miranda
Offline
Admin
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #2 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

DannyBurkPhoto wrote:
I've haven't seen it at all on my 21, 50, or 85, but it was very apparent on two 35s !

I forgot to say about the aperture error. While the white flashes occured, it would also flicker from one aperture reading to another. At f/11, it would stick to f/22 entirely. Strange that Zeiss reported never having seen it before...

That's what they told me too!

Sep 04, 2017 at 08:35 PM

Fred Miranda
Offline
Admin
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #3 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Yosemite Blue hour

Loxia 21/2.8 (focus stacked)

Sep 05, 2017 at 12:03 AM

Aztatlan
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #4 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Fred Miranda wrote:
Yes! I've never seen this on any Loxia 35/2 the same issue has happened on previous copies of my Loxia 21 and 50. Both times, Zeiss replaced them for brand new copies. It seems to happen frequently with Loxia lenses (there was a dedicated thread on this subject here).
Basically the aperture ring reports the wrong info to the camera and in consequence we see an annoying changes in exposure as you move it to f/2.2 and becomes f/22 as an example.

I am curious what the impact on still photography was as a result of this issue? In-camera metering etc would presumably have not worked correctly, but if you say set the camera to manual mode and dialled in the exposure settings yourself were you still able to shoot with it?

Sep 05, 2017 at 03:56 AM

MrTMan
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #5 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

I had a bit of a different issue with my Loxia 35. Not white flashes, but the camera freezing up altogether upon shutter release, forcing you to switch the camera off and on. Would happen randomly, maybe one shot out of 50. It was under warranty, and Zeiss sent me a new lens which hasn't exhibited that issue.

Sep 05, 2017 at 10:06 AM

Fred Miranda
Offline
Admin
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #6 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Two more from the Loxia 21/2.8, my favorite landscape lens.

Sep 05, 2017 at 07:27 PM

darbo
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #7 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Some recents for me with Loxia 21mm:

Morning Light by David Arbogast, on Flickr

Easy Veasy Creeky by David Arbogast, on Flickr

Twilight Sedation by David Arbogast, on Flickr

West Point Lake Calm by David Arbogast, on Flickr

Sep 05, 2017 at 07:49 PM

darbo
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #8 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

And some Loxia 35mm:

Mooty Bridge by David Arbogast, on Flickr

A Chattahoochee Sunset by David Arbogast, on Flickr

Sep 05, 2017 at 07:52 PM

Planetwide
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #9 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

You guys are knocking it out of the park! Let's keep them coming. Avbsolutely great images guys!

Andrew

Sep 05, 2017 at 10:45 PM

Ronny Olsson
Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #10 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

two pano with Loxia 21

Sony A7R II + Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

Sep 05, 2017 at 11:44 PM

milkod2001
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #11 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Love the way Loxia 21 renders. Is there any other lens for E mount which comes close to Loxia 21 but has AF?

Would Batis 18 or 25mm be close enough or it is in completely different(lower ) league?

Sep 06, 2017 at 05:42 AM

Fred Miranda
Offline
Admin
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #12 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

milkod2001 wrote:
Love the way Loxia 21 renders. Is there any other lens for E mount which comes close to Loxia 21 but has AF?

Would Batis 18 or 25mm be close enough or it is in completely different(lower ) league?

I'd say the Batis 18/2.8 is closest to the Loxia 21/2.8 in resolution/rendering than the Batis 25/2. The latter is the most flat-field though. All three outstanding lenses.

Sep 06, 2017 at 11:45 AM

Fred Miranda
Offline
Admin
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #13 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Ronny Olsson wrote:
two pano with Loxia 21

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4158/34509415555_b4fac0909e_h.jpg
Sony A7R II + Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/33584413902_f98f128da7_h.jpg
Sony A7R II + Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

Loving that pano Ronny!

Sep 06, 2017 at 11:46 AM

Alfredo Mora
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #14 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Stunning work guys! It looks like I'll be adding the Loxia 35 later this week.

Sep 06, 2017 at 01:07 PM

Planetwide
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #15 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

The 21mm is a special lens. It just shows a subtly to the colour graduation that is not present in most other lenses. Almost Leica like, but with the Zeiss colour and rendering. While the 12-24mm is a superb zoom, it just does not render like the loxia

Sep 07, 2017 at 10:23 PM

Fred Miranda
Offline
Admin
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #16 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

I took this image at Convict Lake, CA

The camera was set to 3.2 seconds exposure and I used the Smooth Reflections App for "96" images.
Total exposure time: Over 5 minutes.

There was some wind and the lake was not very still. I wouldn't get this reflection if it wasn't for the very long exposure.

A7RII + Loxia 21/2.8 @ f/8 + SR App

Sep 08, 2017 at 11:09 PM

Fred Miranda
Offline
Admin
Upload & Sell: On

p.17 #17 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Older threads like this get archived very quickly. We need to continue posting images on it everyday, so it stays on the live forum.

Here is another one from Yosemite. Backlight showing impressive contrast from this lens. Only one shot because the ground was wet above my ankles.

Sep 09, 2017 at 12:36 PM

Jannik Peters
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #18 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Phenomenal, Fred!!

I still love the Loxia 2.8/21. My favorite lens. I just don't have often the opportunity to use it in the way I love to at the moment:

Fondamenta Arsenale by Jannik Peters, auf Flickr

Sep 09, 2017 at 12:53 PM

Samuli Vahonen
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #19 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Ok, let's starting to save thread from archiving

I went through my images online and it seems that I have shoot with my only Loxia (50mm) only few times after 2015 spring holiday, as Loxia 50 is rather neutral lens and I prefer "character lenses" like Contax G45 and Zeiss 1.4/50 (on C/Y or ZE mount). Now situation is much "better" as I just got Loxia 85, and it seems to become my main short tele => as I prefer to shoot lenses with similar rendering together, most likely Loxia 50 will also get more usage.

Zeiss Loxia 2/50 FE @ f/8.0, 1/60s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 100 (most likely Hoya 52mm polarizer, but at 2015 my "EXIF-process" was not yet very good, so filter I just had to guess...)

Zeiss Loxia 2/50 FE @ f/11.0, 1/20s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 100 (most likely Hoya 52mm polarizer, but at 2015 my "EXIF-process" was not yet very good, so filter I just had to guess...)

Some studies of boke and DOF-boke transitions, rendering is quite enjoyable f/4 and f/5.6 - f/2.8 doesn't clear corner boke, closing down to f/3.5 most likely would be "optimal" for shallow DOF and boke quality on this kind of scene.

Zeiss Loxia 2/50 FE @ f/2.8, 1/500s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 100 (most likely Hoya 52mm polarizer, but at 2015 my "EXIF-process" was not yet very good, so filter I just had to guess...)

Zeiss Loxia 2/50 FE @ f/4.0, 1/400s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 100 (most likely Hoya 52mm polarizer, but at 2015 my "EXIF-process" was not yet very good, so filter I just had to guess...)

Zeiss Loxia 2/50 FE @ f/5.6, 1/160s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 100 (most likely Hoya 52mm polarizer, but at 2015 my "EXIF-process" was not yet very good, so filter I just had to guess...)

Zeiss Loxia 2/50 FE @ f/2.8, 1/160s, ILCE-7 @ ISO 50 (most likely Hoya 52mm polarizer, but at 2015 my "EXIF-process" was not yet very good, so filter I just had to guess...)

Samuli

Sep 09, 2017 at 02:31 PM

PEKA62
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.17 #20 · Zeiss Loxia Images Thread

Samuli,
Something is weird with the display of these images. I noticed they are very soft and not well sharpened.
I could not believe you wanted them to look like this, as you always take care of finest detail in rendering usually, I know that. So I downloaded one or two of your last images, and they are only 1280x855 px when I look @ them at 100% in Affinity Photo. This is much smaller than they are displayed here in the thread. This explains why they look so soft in the thread (but they are definitely not when looking at the downloaded image). The forum software seems to blow them up to around 1473x982 on my screen. Don't know why, just to let you know. They don't really look good.

Edited on Sep 09, 2017 at 03:45 PM · View previous versions

Sep 09, 2017 at 03:23 PM

1 2 3 … 16 17 18 … 83 84 end
FM Forums \| Sony Forum \| Join Upload & Sell 1 2 3 … 16 17 18 … 83 84 end